Hair curler



p 1953 J. G. ISAACS ET AL HAIR CURLER Filed April 7, 1952 (I ffsaacs JV. E Bon omo INVENTORS,

1 I BY I I I A ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 22,1953

OFFICE HAIR CURLER Jacob G. Isaacs, Wilkes-Barre, and Michael F. Bonomo, Mountaintop, Pa.

Application April 7, 1952, Serial No. 280,894

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a means for curling hair more particularly to a means capable of being employed by an individual without the services of an attendant.

In the art of curling hair as generally practiced it is customary to roll a lock of hair comprising a number of individualstrands about a mandrel and then to clamp the lock in coiled condition to the mandrel. Such practice requires that the lock be held on the mandrel at a distance from the head and then that the mandrel be rolled about its own axis toward the head while the lock is being coiled thereabout. The holding of the lock on the mandrel particularly during the initial stages of forming the curl has presented difficulties, and more especially when the curling of the hair is attempted without the services of an attendant. Many and various attempts heretofore have been made to devise means that will satisfactorily hold the hair on the mandrel during the rolling of the mandrel about its own axis but so far as we are aware no prior hair holding means has been devised that is capable of initially clamping a lock of hair tightly against the mandrel, and then clamping the rolled lock in tightly coiled rela-' tion about the mandrel. Moreover none of the deviceswith which we are familiar provide for clamping on a mandrel a thin lock composed of but a relatively few strands of hair as well as a thick lock containing a relatively large number of strands of hair.

The primary object of this invention is to facilitate the rapid coiling of a group of strands of hair about a mandrel and to retain the coiled strands in a coiled condition for as long a time as may be required to set a curl in the hair.

Another object is to tightly clamp, during the initial stages of curling hair, a lock of hair to be curled and after the hair has been coiled about the mandrel to clamp the lock in its coiled'condition to the mandrel.

A further object is to securely clamp to a mandrel a lock of hair irrespective of the bulk of the lock, i. e. whether the lock is composed of a large or small number of strands of hair.

Still another object is to confine to the mandrel the hair comprising the lock to be curled and to avoid the slipping off of the mandrel of individual hairs contained in the lock.

A still further object is to vary the diameter of the mandrel and thereby to select the diameter of the curl to be made and to control the pressure by which the hair is clamped to the mandrel. 7

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this invention which embodies among its features a mandrel comprising an elongated circular cylindrical shank, flanges carried by the shank adjacent opposite ends thereof, said flanges extending outwardly from the periphery of the shank and having their adjacent faces lying perpendicular to the axis of the shank, said flanges having radial slots opening through their respective peripheries and extending to the periphery of the shank and a clamp comprising a length of flexible elastic material which when stretched longitudinally is adapted to be entered into the slots in the flanges at opposite ends of the shank and lie adjacent the shank for holding strands of hair coiled about the shank between the flanges.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a'perspective view of a hair curler embodying the features of this invention,

Fig. 2 is a side view of the curler showing portions thereof in section,

Fig. 3 is a side view of the elastic hair clamping means,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the curler showing the clamping meansv assembled therewith and ready for the application of a lock of hair thereto,

' Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing a lock of hair clamped to the mandrel preparatory to rolling the hair about the mandrel, and

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the lock of hair rolled on the mandrel and clamped thereabout.

Referring to the drawings in detail this improved hair curler designated generally lfl embodies a mandrel which comprises an elongated circular cylindrical shank l2 carrying at opposite ends outwardly extending concentric flanges l4. Each flange M is provided with radially extending peripherally spaced slots 16 which extend from the periphery of the shank i2 through the peripheries of the flanges. These slots i6 are adapted to receive a clamp member I3 which comprises a length of elastic material which in its contracted state is of a diameter greater than the width of the slots but which when stretched longitudinally becomes so attenuated as to readily enter a slot I6.

In the preferred form of the invention the clamp member I8 is provided at one end with a handle 20 and at its opposite end with an enlargement 22 forming a positive stop that will restrain the clamp member. [8 from pulling out of a slot It When under tension. A similar enlargement 24 is formed on the clamp member 3 between the handle 2G and the enlargement. The flanges Hi may if so desired be provided in the sides thereof remote from the shank [2 with recesses 26 which open into the slots IS and receive the enlargements 22 and 24 and it is preferred that the slots it of one flange do not align with the slots it of the opposite flange Hi so that when the clamp member 18 is stretched between the flanges Hi, it will lie in a spiralpath with relation to the shank l2 to thus increase the clamping effect on the lock of hair being curled.

In use the clamp member [8 is stretched'so that it can be entered into a slot [5 in the flange id at one end of the shank l2. The lock ofihair to be coiled is then placed on the sha'nkl2 as suggested in Fig. 5, and the clamp is then stretched longitudinally and entered into a slot IS in the flange Id at the opposite endof-the shank l2. Obviously the clamp l8 may be entered in slots I6 nearest in line, or in case a greater clamping effort is to be exertedon the lock the clamp may be entered in other slots {5 so as to lie in a deflnite-helixabout the shank 12. With the lock of hair thus clamped to the shank 12, said shank may be rotated about its own axis to coil the lock about the shank 12. Because oi the perpendicular faces on the flanges 14 all of the hair in the lock will be confined to the shank and when the scalp is approached, the coiledlock may be clamped in coiled position simply by stretching the extending portion of theelastic clamp member and extending it longitudinally adjacent the shank 12 on the outer side of the coiled lock and entering it into a slot 16 adjacent its initially secured end. The lock may be held in such coiled condition until such time as its removal is desired. Obviously the clamp member l8 may be removed from the slots l6 simpl by pulling it radially away from the shank When it is desired to increase the diameter of the curls to be produced, a clamp member ["8 is stretched and entered into oppositely disposed slots 18 to'lie againstethe shank l2 and increase the eiTective diameter thereof.

While in the foregoing there has "been shown and described the'preferred embodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope 5 of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A hair curler comprising an elongated circular cylindrical shank, flanges carried by the shank adjacent opposite ends thereoigsaid flanges extending outwardly from the periphery of the shank and having slots opening through their respective peripheries and extending radially inwardly to the periphery of the shank, a clamp comprising a length of flexible elastic material is having adiameter-greater than the Width of the slots and being adapted to be stretched and attenuated to adiameter less than the width of the slots for entrance into slots in the flanges at opposite sides-of the shank and holding a lock of hair 20 clamped to the shank, said clamp having a generally. spherical enlargement-at one end ofia slightly greater diameter than ,the widthcf said slots and a handle at its opposite end for securing the opposite end of said clamp anda second generally spherical enlargement intermediate itsfends, which second enlargement has substantially the same diameter as said first enlargement.

2. The structure defined inclaim 1 in which the radial slots in each disk are peripherally 3 spaced equidistant from one another and in which the peripherally spacedslots inJOnesdisklie out of registry with the slots in the other-disk tocause the clamp member to lie ina-helical: path about the shank.

JACOB 'G. ISAACS.

lVIICI-IAEL F."-IB'ONOMO.

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